---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Allow Law Enforcement Agencies And Associations To Engage Directly In Fund-Raising Under Certain Circumstances"
description: "An Act To Allow Law Enforcement Agencies And Associations To Engage Directly In Fund-Raising Under Certain Circumstances"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 588"
citation: "Maine LD 588 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT", "SOLICITATION", "CERTAIN FUNDRAISING ALLOWED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DIAMOND"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/431aa4ff-4e07-4ad3-b79f-dbfb15fbb750"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063347"
source_hash: "347dbbd8b8ab9f2b8dceb11ae97a190790d48ae5ebba1da66289b63ce34ce2c7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
---

# Maine LD 588 (128) — An Act To Allow Law Enforcement Agencies And Associations To Engage Directly In Fund-Raising Under Certain Circumstances

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/SP020301.asp)

## Sponsors

- DIAMOND — primary (person)
- CAMPBELL — cosponsor (person)
- CYRWAY — cosponsor (person)
- DAVIS — cosponsor (person)
- DILL — cosponsor (person)
- DION — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-16** Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY suggested and ordered printed
- **2017-02-16** REFERENCE to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY
- **2017-02-16** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-02-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-11** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2017-05-11** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-05-11** Committee Amendment "A" (S-80) READ and ADOPTED
- **2017-05-11** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2017-05-16** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2017-05-16** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-80) `reading-2`
- **2017-05-16** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2017-05-17** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-05-17** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-05-17** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-80).
- **2017-05-17** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-05-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-24** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-05-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/431aa4ff-4e07-4ad3-b79f-dbfb15fbb750`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).